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Fall Gnome Wreath

Learn how to make this cute fall gnome wreath from dollar store supplies and a thrifted sweater. This is an easy craft for adults that can be completed in about an hour.

Ingredients

  • 1 Witch Hat Decoration from Dollar Tree
  • 5 Faux Leaf Stems
  • 1 Faux Mushroom see note
  • Thrifted Sweater adult size
  • Fall Wood Words from Dollar Tree, or other embellishments
  • Jute or Twine
  • Acrylic Paint and Foam Paintbrush
  • Small Zip Ties
  • Hot Glue Gun

Instructions

  • Paint the faux mushroom whatever color you'd like the nose to be. Also paint wooden words if you'll be using them to decorate the hat.
    Mushroom painted tan, wooden words painted red
  • Remove the black and silver tinsel from the witch hat decoration to reveal a plastic hat wreath frame. Snip off the bottom section as shown.
    Removing all the tinsel from the witch hat wreath frame.
  • Create a beard by zip tying the fall leaf stems to the wreath frame. When you like the shape of the beard, pull zip ties tight and cut off the excess.
    Witch hat wreath frame with leaf "beard" attached.
  • Lay the hat frame over the sweater (with bottom edge turned up to make a brim if desired) and cut around it, leaving plenty of excess.
    Witch hat frame laid over the sweater; sweater cut around the frame with excess.
  • Cut the sleeves off the sweater and place them over the hat frame. Add stuffing if desired to plump up the hat. Place the piece of sweater you cut in the last step over the wreath.
    Adding stuffing inside the sleeves to plump up the hat; larger sweater piece laid over hat frame.
  • Glue the sweater piece to the wreath frame along the sides (not across the front).
    Glueing sweater piece to the side of the frame.
  • Flip the wreath over and fold in each side of the sweater and glue to secure. Poke a small hole through the sweater to pull the hanging loop out.
    Hat flipped over; folding in excess sweater fabric and hot gluing it down.
  • Tie the top of the hat with jute and trim off any excess sweater. Glue the nose to the bottom of the wreath frame and the center leaf stem. Also glue the nose to the sweater brim. (Trim a little off the bottom of the mushroom if needed for the nose to be the right height.)
    Tying jute twine at the top of the hat and trimming excess sweater fabric; nose glued on just under the brim of the sweater.
  • Glue on any other embellishments as desired, including the fall wood words.
    Finished fall gnome wreath with wood words glued onto hat.

Notes

Note: If you cannot find the faux mushrooms at Dollar Tree for the nose, a styrofoam ball covered in a nylon or other small round object can be used instead.
Please see the post for more details and tips.